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Donald Trump has announced a temporary suspension of the so-called "Freedom Project" in the Strait of Hormuz, following Iran's firm warnings to Washington and the plan's failure to achieve its stated objectives.

The Foreign Ministry has called on the United Arab Emirates to discontinue its alignment and cooperation with the parties that are hostile towards Iran, saying the Islamic Republic reserves all rights to respond in kind.

The international charity Save the Children has strongly condemned the death penalty bill recently passed by the Knesset, warning that it further dehumanizes Palestinians, including children.

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, has warned that a new public health crisis is unfolding in Gaza as skin diseases sweep through overcrowded displacement camps across the Israeli-blockaded Palestinian territory.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has warned ships seeking to pass the Strait of Hormuz to exclusively use routes designated by Iran as safe.

Former Iranian foreign minister Ali Akbar Velayati, who currently serves as a senior advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khamenei, has warned US Marines they are being sacrificed by US President Donald Trump and his ambitions to remain in office even after the end of his current term in 2028.

China has hosted Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi for talks in Beijing, with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi calling the US-Israeli war on Tehran “illegitimate” and urging a complete ceasefire.

Member of Hamas’s political bureau Abdul-Jabbar Sa’eid has affirmed that the Zionist regime’s threats to resume the war while negotiating the second phase of the ceasefire agreement are “meaningless” and will not force the Movement to make concessions.

Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has stressed that no talks will take place with Zionist regime until attacks being carried out by the occupying regime against the Arab country stop.

IRGC Public Relations says that "No commercial vessels or oil tankers have passed through the Strait of Hormuz in the past hours.

A deputy commander of the IRGC says that Iran fully controls transit through the Strait of Hormuz and any ship must secure Iran's permission before travelling through the waterway.

A massive blaze at oil facilities in Fujairah Port in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday was a direct consequence of 'American adventurism' in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, according to a report.

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has stated that recent developments in the Strait of Hormuz have once again made it crystal clear that there is no military solution to the political crisis in the West Asian region, reaffirming the Islamic Republic’s policy of pursuing diplomacy from a position of strength.

The Hezbollah secretary general says the Israeli regime's plots will never materialize as the resistance movement is forcefully fighting them off, dismissing illusions that Lebanon is a weak county and under the guardianship of others.

Commander of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbia Central Headquarters Major General Ali Abdollahi warned that any foreign military force, particularly the US, will come under attack if it attempts to approach or enter the Strait of Hormuz.

The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah says it has carried out 11 operations against Israeli targets, utilizing drones, missiles, and artillery in a series of coordinated attacks.

The spokesman for the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps has declared that despite an ongoing unequal battle against heavily equipped enemies, Iran’s armed forces will emerge as the ultimate victors, driven by the culture of Ashura and an unwavering rejection of humiliation.

The UN Human Rights Office in the occupied Palestinian territories declared on Sunday that Gaza has become the most dangerous place on earth for journalists, with at least 295 media workers verified killed in Israeli attacks since the start of the war.

Zionist regime’s so-called security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has celebrated his 50th birthday with a cake depicting a hanging noose and a Hebrew phrase reading “Dreams sometimes come true,” in reference to the passage of a controversial death penalty for Palestinian abductees.

Senior Hamas official Abdul-Rahman Shadeed has condemned the escalating settler attacks and violations in the occupied West Bank as “organized and systematic crimes.”   In a statement on Saturday, Shadeed said that these settler crimes would only increase the Palestinian people’s attachment to their land and would fuel their determination to defend their rights.   “Settler attacks in West Bank villages and towns, alongside daily army raids, are part ...

The commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has condemned the violent interception of the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla vessels and detention of pro-Palestinian activists by Zionist regime’s forces as a prime example of international terrorism.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) expresses gratitude towards the Iranian nation for its resolute defense of the country and its Islamic establishment through tremendous popular solidarity rallies.

New testimony has disclosed that two international activists abducted by Zionist regime’s forces after the humanitarian Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla was intercepted in international waters earlier this week have suffered torture, beatings, and medical neglect.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the Pentagon is lying about the financial toll of the war on Iran, noting that the aggression has directly cost the United States $100 billion so far—four times the official estimate.

The mainstream Western media have actively facilitated and justified the Zionist regime’s genocide in Gaza, says Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei.

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution has vowed that the Iranian nation will defeat the enemy in the cultural and economic spheres as well, following the victory on the military battlefield.

A top IRGC commander says Iran will respond to any enemy aggression with prolonged and painful blows, adding that American naval vessels will share the fate of US military bases in the region.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has ridiculed the US naval blockade against Iran, pointing out that the country’s vast borders make any attempt at sealing it off impossible.

The foreign ministers of Jordan, Spain, Pakistan, Brazil, Bangladesh, Türkiye, South Africa, Colombia, Libya, Maldives, and Malaysia have condemned Israel’s attack on the “Global Sumud Flotilla” for the Gaza Strip.

The Hamas Movement has strongly denounced the terrorist attack carried out by the Israeli occupation navy against “Global Sumud Flotilla” boats heading for the besieged Gaza Strip, while they were in international waters near the Greek island of Crete.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei has said Islamic Republic of Iran will determine new legal rules in the Strait of Hormuz and Persian Gulf, putting an end to the enemy’s abuses of the strait.

How a 400-year-old event underpins Iran’s sovereign control over Strait of Hormuz

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says any attempt to impose naval restrictions and blockade contravenes international regulations and poses a threat to the interests of regional nations and global peace and stability and is doomed to fail.

Former Palestinian prisoner Nael Barghouthi has urged the world’s parliaments to boycott members of Israel’s Knesset who approved a death penalty law authorizing the execution of Palestinian prisoners.

The Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) said Thursday morning that Zionist regime’s naval forces hijacked and disabled several of its vessels in international waters, leaving hundreds of activists stranded at sea as a storm approached.

The spokesman for the Iranian Army said the force has updated and completed its databank of targets and upgraded its equipment during the halt in the US-Israeli war of aggression, stressing that Iran remains in a state of full military readiness.

A series of new Zionist regime's strikes have martyred at least five Palestinian civilians, including a 9-year-old boy, in the besieged Gaza Strip as Zionist regime continues its relentless violations of a ceasefire.

Yemen's foreign ministry has warned against the adventurism and barbarism of the Trump administration in the Persian Gulf and declared Sana'a's support for Iran's measures in the Strait of Hormuz, the ministry said in a statement.

Iran's ambassador to the United Nations underlines that the Islamic Republic reserves all rights to duly confront the United States' seizure of Iranian vessels as part of Washington's continued illegal blockade against the country.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy's deputy for political affairs says the naval force's "surprise tactics" await the United States in the event of any fresh miscalculation.

An international and independent medical charity says Israeli authorities are systematically depriving the Palestinian population in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip of the water they need to survive, condemning a campaign of “collective punishment” against residents of the coastal region.

Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmail Baqaei lashed out at the United States for the outright legalization of piracy and armed robbery on the high seas, as oil prices are continuing to climb.

The hacking group Handala says to have obtained comprehensive identification data for all US Navy personnel in the Persian Gulf.

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said after his meeting with Vladimir Putin that the talks were "very positive."

Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, Amir Saeid Iravani, has lashed out at the United States for imposing a naval blockade on Iran, saying the US is acting like pirates and terrorists, as it targets commercial vessels and terrorizes their crews.

Emphasizing that Zionist enemy has reached a deadlock, Secretary-General of Hezbollah Resistance Movement Sheikh Naim Qassem has stated that the Resistance Movement is invincible and cannot be defeated.

The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force says the Axis of Resistance is now stronger and more integrated than ever before.

Hezbollah has strongly denounced Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu for accusing the resistance movement of undermining a ceasefire agreement in Lebanon, vowing to continue its “legitimate response” to the Israeli regime’s continuous violations of the truce.